PARENTING PLAN

Of Cragun Law Firm, P.C.

• A. As parents, we are dedicated individuals who, although separating, want our children to have a meaningful and positive relationship with each of us.
• B. We shall provide care, love, support and opportunities for our children in the same manner they would have received if the family unit had not been transformed.
• C. Any time-sharing schedule has to first conform to our children’s needs as much as possible, understanding that those needs will change over time.
• D. We agree that our children shall receive the most adequate level of economic support that can be provided by the efforts of both parties.
• E. As parents, it is important for us to establish and maintain good communication and a cooperative relationship regarding the care of our children.
• F. As parents, we each have rights, privileges, duties and powers. Each of us wants our children to have a loving, caring and nurturing relationship with the other.
• G. We shall exchange information concerning the health, education and welfare of our children and where possible, confer before making decisions concerning any of these areas.
• H. We will notify each other as soon as reasonably possible after either learns of any significant school, social, sports or other community functions in which our children may be participating or being honored so as to allow each the opportunity to attend and participate.
• I. We each shall have direct access to all school reports and medical records and shall be notified immediately in the event of any medical emergencies.
• J. We shall permit and encourage our children to have liberal telephone contact with the other parent during reasonable hours.
• K. We shall give special consideration to the other to make our children available to attend family functions including funerals, weddings, family reunions, religious holidays, important ceremonies and other significant events in the life of our children or in the life of either parent which may inadvertently conflict with the time sharing that we agreed to exercise.
• L. If either parent is going to be outside the State of Utah with our children for more than 48 hours, they are to provide the other with the telephone number and itinerary where they can be contacted in the event of an emergency.
• M. We shall provide each other a current address and telephone number within 24 hours of any change.
• N. We agree that parental care is better for our children than surrogate care and agree to cooperate in allowing each the right to provide child care if the other is unable because of work or other conflicts. If either parent is unable to provide the personal care for the children for a period longer than three hours, then that parent should provide notice to the other parent and provide that parent the first opportunity to provide care for the children during that period. For periods shorter than three hours, it will not be necessary to notify the other parent of child care needs.
• O. Neither parent shall enroll the children in any extra curricular activity that has expected involvement by the other parent without prior consent. Involvement by the other parent could include sharing costs, transporting of the children to the activity or interference with scheduled parent time. If a parent wishes to enroll the children in an activity that will not require involvement of the other parent, then that parent may do so understanding that they would not be able to anticipate the other parent’s cooperation either with respect to sharing of the costs, transporting of the children to the activity or interference with parent time schedules.
• P. We will restrain from bothering, harassing, annoying, threatening or otherwise interfering with the other parent.
• Q. Our communications will be limited to matters concerning the scheduling of visitation, changes to the schedule or discussions about the health and well being of the children and will occur between the parents only.
• R. We will not relay messages to one another through our children.
• S. We will not speak in a disparaging or negative way about the other parent in the presence of our children, and have an affirmative duty to remove our children from the vicinity of any third party making such disparaging comments in the presence of the children.
• T. We understand and agree that our circumstances may change and the needs of the children may require a periodic review of custodial arrangements and child-support orders.